Ceramic-tile-mounting machine



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CERAMIC TILE MOUNTING MACHINE Filed Jan. 14, 1929 s Sheets-Sheei 1 ATTOR NEY June 10, 1930 YINGFR 1,763,494

CERAMIC TILE MOUNTING MACHINE Filed Jan. 14. 1929 s Sheets-Sheet 2 12M liizg'e INVENTOR ATi'oRNEY June 10,1930. Y E 1,763,494

CERAMIC T-ILE MOUNTING MACHINE Filed Jan. 14, 1929- SSheets-Sheet 5 Patented June '10, 1939 arre LAWRENCE N. YINGEB, OF ZANESVILLE, OHIO CERAMIG-TILE-MOUNTING IJACHINE Application filed January 14, 1929. Serial No. 332,472..

This invention relates to a device for placing tiles on a strip of paper, the general object of the invention being to provide an endless belt having recesses therein for receiving the tiles from chutes, with means for pressing a strip of paper to the tiles as they are carried along by the belt, the paper being previously coated with paste or the like so that the tiles will adhere thereto and means for directing the tile coated strip through a heating device after it leaves the belt so that the adhesive will be dried.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combina- 75 tion and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detall, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing gs wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which qr Figure 1 is a side view, with parts in section.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

l igure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, showing how the tiles pass from a the chute into the recesses of the endless belt.

' Figure 1 is an enlarged sectional view throii gh the paste roller and paste reservoir.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan View of a portion of the belt.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing a portion of one of the recess fornnng members on the belt.

Figure 7 is a plan View showing a portion of the paper strip, with the tiles thereon.

4 Figure 8 is an edge view of the strip with the tiles thereon.

Figure 9 is a view showing a different form of recess forming member from that shown in Figure 6.

Figure 10 is a fragmentary view of the strip with the tiles thereon which are used with the strips, one of which is shown in Figure 9.

In these views, the numeral 1 indicates a supporting frame in which is journalod the shafts of the drums 2 and 3 for the endless belt 4;. Asshown, the drum 3 is arranged on a higher plane than the drum 2 so that the belt is diagonally arranged. T he lower drum 2 has a pulley 5 connected with its shaft, over which passes a belt 6 which also passes over a pulley on a motor M which is supported by the frame. A plurality of transversely arranged members 7 is fastened to the belt, each member having the upstanding flanges 8 thereon which form recesses, the forward ends of which are open, these recesses receiving the tiles from the chutes 10 as the belt passes upwardly over theupper part of the lower drum 5. The members 7, shown in Figure 6, form square recesses for receiving square tiles, as shown at A in Figure 7, but when hexagonal tiles, such as shown at B in Figure 10 are used, themembers are constructed as shown at 7 in Figure 9.

Thus it will be seen that as the belt travels along, the recesses formed therein by the transverse members will be filled with tiles from the chutes 10.

A. roll 11 of paper has its pintles engaging suitable bearings placed on the upper ends of the uprights 1 ofthe frame and the strip of paper passes over a guiding roll 12 journaled in the frame and over the top part of a paste applying roll 13 journaled in the uprights 14 on the paste reservoir 15 supported on the frame. An adjustable scraper 15 is carried by the reservoir to regulate the amount of paste carried upwardly by the roller 13. After leaving the paste roller 13, the paper passes over a roll 16 yieldably supported in the uprights 17 on the frame, this roll 16 acting to press the paper upon the tiles on the belt so that the adhesive on the paper will cause the tiles to adhere thereto.

A roller 18 is rotatably supported in the frame adjacent the upper drum 3 and a second roller 19 is journaled in an extension frame 20 attached to the frame 1. An endless belt 21 passes over the rollers 18' and 19 and the paper strip with the tiles thereon passes from the upper drum 3 on to the belt 21. as it passes over the top part of the roller 18. A guiding member 22 is placed between the roller 18 and the drum for guiding the strip with the tiles thereon from the drum on to the endless belt 21.

The roll 16 should be made of verysoft rubber so that the strip of paper will pass under the same With-different thicknesses of tiles.

A heating chamber 23 is arranged in such a manner on the extension 20 that the paper strip, with the tiles thereon, will pass through the same as it travels along with the belt21, sothat the adhesive will be dried and thus the tiles will be firmly connected with, the strip. Heated air can be applied to. the chamber 23 from any suitable source through the pipe 24. The belt 21 is driven at the same speed as the belt 4 through means of the belt 25 passing over a pulley on the roller 18 and over'a pulley 26 which is fastened to the shaft of the drum 3.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the tiles are delivered to the recesses formed by the transverse members on the belt l and as the belt with the tiles thereon passes upward ly, the paper strip, with the adhesive thereon is pressed upon the tiles, after which the strip, with the tiles thereon, is passed through the heating chamber so that the adhesive will be. dried. By making the recess forming members as shown, said members'can readily pass around the drums as they are attached to the belt 4-at their centers, as shown at 27 in Figure 5.

lVith this invention, tiles can be easily and 2. An apparatus of the class described com- I prising a supporting frame, a pair of drums rotatably arranged therein, one drum being arranged at a higher level than the other, an endless belt passing over the drums and having tile receiving recesses therein, said recesses being formed by transversely extending strips attached to the belt and having out- Wardly extending flanges thereon, chutes for feeding the tiles into the recesses just before the belt passes from the lower drum, means for supporting a rolled strip of paper on the frame, a reservoir containing adhesive on the frame, a roll supported on the frame and extending into the reservoir and over which the strip extends, a presser roll on the frame for pressing the strip after it leaves the adhesive roller on to the tiles,'a second endless belt,

rollers for the same, means for directing the strip with the tiles thereon from the first belt on to the second belt and means for heating the strip and tiles as it travels along with the second belt. a

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LAWRENCE N. YINGER.

quickly attached to a paper strip and the apparatus will save both time and labor.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that'changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

\Vhat I claim is 1. An apparatus of the class described comprising a supporting frame, a pair of drums rotatably arranged therein, one drum being arranged at a higher level than the other, an endless belt passing over the drums over which the strip extends, a presser roll on the frame for pressing the strip after it leaves the adhesive roller onto the tiles, a second endless belt, rollers for the same, means for directing the strip with the tiles thereon from the first belt on to the second belt and means 

